Investigative Journalism
Good morning Germany, we have given everything to deliver comprehensive reporting for the German-speaking world for an eventful August 2 - without forgetting Mrs. Weidel and the lips of ...
It is a scene that had become increasingly rare in the US for decades – and which now suddenly takes on symbolic power again: In the glaring light of a prison chamber, watched by guards ...
(Estimated reading time for the article is about 20-25 minutes without all graphics and analyses) - It has become a ritual that is now routine in Germany: The AfD discovers a political hot topic ...
It was one of those moments when American politics effortlessly slips into a grotesque. Donald Trump, 79 years old and unshakably convinced of himself, sat in the Newsmax studio and spoke about what excites him ...
It is an intervention that arrives quietly but is of enormous significance: The Smithsonian has removed the references to Donald Trump’s two impeachments from the exhibit at the National Museum ...
More than six months after the start of Donald Trump’s second term, the American economy is showing a state that has little in common with the grandiose promises of a new “golden age.” The latest data paint a picture that ...
Donald Trump has once again left the world holding its breath. Amid escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow, the US president declared on his Truth Social platform on Friday that he had ...
Republican Bryan Steil, congressman from Wisconsin and loyal supporter of Donald Trump, should have known better. Despite urgent warnings from party leadership to avoid holding town halls during the summer recess ...
Donald Trump has found a new enemy - and it is neither China nor NATO nor his own party. It is... numbers. More precisely: the employment numbers. When the July 2025 report ...
Shortly after midnight, explosions tear the sky over Kyiv. Drones loaded with explosives penetrate the Ukrainian capital from all directions, followed by a relentless salvo of deadly rockets. Blazing ...
Ghislaine Maxwell has taken another quiet step in her long legal drama - and this step is fueling the rumor mill. The 63-year-old Epstein accomplice, convicted of child abuse and human trafficking, is now housed in a ...
Donald Trump has once again shaken the foundations of world trade. Starting August 7, punitive tariffs will come into effect in the United States that are unprecedented in their ...
In the endless series of mysteries surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein, a new, disturbing detail has emerged: In previously little-noticed surveillance footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York ...
It was a staging that was supposed to seem harmless: Donald Trump presented his new youth sports initiative at the White House, the revival of the legendary Presidential Fitness Test, which since the 1960s had demanded agility, ...
In the summer of 2020, a gruesome crime shook the American judiciary: a frustrated litigant, posing as a delivery driver, opened fire in front of the home of federal judge Esther Salas in New Jersey and killed her 20-year-old son ...
Louisiana has quietly and secretly become the central hub of the U.S. deportation system under President Donald Trump - and nowhere is this more evident than at Alexandria International Airport. The unassuming airport in Alexandria, ...
When Donald Trump told reporters that Jeffrey Epstein had “stolen” a young woman from him, the statement hit the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre like a blow. Their sister was one of ...
As the deadline for the introduction of new U.S. punitive tariffs on August 1 approaches, President Donald Trump is in the midst of frantic trade negotiations that could have significant worldwide effects.
A reader wrote to me today saying she searched for “Fury in the Slaughterhouse” on Facebook – and was immediately greeted by a warning: Are you sure you want to proceed? This may contain graphic violence!
It is a process that exemplifies how fragile the digital public sphere has become in 2025: Facebook has deleted a scientific paper created by me that critically examines the AfD ...
There are moments when a single sentence is enough to bring down the illusion of stability in American politics. Such a sentence was spoken in 2016 - at least behind closed doors, ...
New filings by the U.S. Department of Justice in the case of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have exposed a gap that could hardly be more explosive. For years, the narrative of the scandal was shaped by secret ...
For years, parts of the Republican base under Donald Trump have retreated into their own universe of rumors, exaggerations, and conspiracy myths. In that world, absurd stories like Pizzagate, alleged mass abortions after birth, ...
It was Monday, July 29, 2025, when Vice President JD Vance returned to his home state of Ohio to present the controversial tax and immigration reform “One Big Beautiful Bill” at the ...
It was a hot afternoon somewhere between Monument Valley and the American soul, when a peculiar man in pants too long and with a compass that only pointed inward trudged ...
The US economy faltered in the first half of 2025, and the turbulent zigzag moves of Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policy left deep marks on the growth figures. While gross domestic product rebounded in the spring after ...
Hardly any name so perfectly symbolizes the double life between wealth, influence, and absolute moral depravity as that of Ghislaine Maxwell. The court documents we publish in this article paint the picture of a woman ...
On July 29, 2025 Donald Trump spoke to journalists on the return flight from Scotland aboard Air Force One - and made a statement that matches the decades-long relationship between him and Jeffrey Epstein ...
The administration of US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that it intends to revoke a central scientific cornerstone of American climate policy - a decision that would have far-reaching consequences for environmental and public ...
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, yet behind its aromatic scent and shiny beans lies a bitter reality that keeps millions of people in poverty and robs countless children of their childhood.
It began with an unassuming leather volume, a black address book full of names, phone numbers, and coded notes. For some it was just another relic from the world of the super-rich ...
Russlands digitale Verwundbarkeit hat am Montag ein neues, dramatisches Ausmaß erreicht. Die staatliche Fluggesellschaft Aeroflot musste über hundert Flüge streichen, nachdem ein massiver Hackerangriff ihre IT-Systeme lahmgelegt hatte. Mehr als…
On the morning of July 28, 2025, a black delivery van rolled through the granite streets of Aberdeen – inconspicuous in its form, provocative in its message. On the large LED screen ...
Donald Trump once again staged himself on Monday in Scotland as a contradictory conductor of a world thrown out of balance. On his luxurious golf course Turnberry, between greenkeepers and diplomacy, ...
Tulsi Gabbard delivered. With a public bang, the new Director of National Intelligence of the United States presented her evaluation of internal documents relating to the Russia affair ...
Donald Trump has done it again – announced a deal that sounds like an agreement but in reality represents a far-reaching increase in costs. In Turnberry, Scotland, at one of his golf courses, ...
Sometimes a single image is enough to expose the moral vacuum of a political movement. Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California in the 2026 election, achieved exactly that ...
It is a sunny July day in Vienna, but what is happening in the city center is an affront to every democratic society. Yellow flags, martial slogans, smoke bombs, ...
The setting could hardly have been more symbolic. As seagulls circled over the windswept Scottish coastal town of Turnberry, Donald Trump personally steered a golf cart across the lawn of his namesake luxury estate ...
Ghislaine Maxwell, once confidante and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has taken a remarkable step in her dealings with the U.S. Department of Justice – in a total of nine hours of conversation with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ...
There are voices that sound like a Saxon gong strike to the collective discomfort – loud, didactic, and always ready to affirm themselves. Dr. Maximilian Krah, the political Instagram filter for doomsday mood ...
Donald Trump hat Washington wieder einmal in einen Strudel aus Spekulationen, Verdächtigungen und bizarren Verschwörungstheorien gestürzt – doch diesmal scheinen ihn die Geister, die er selbst rief, einzuholen.
Under the title “The Crownless King” (https://kaizen-blog.org/der-koenig-ohne-krone-the-crownless-king/)
It is a sweltering Friday morning in Washington, the asphalt is shimmering, but Donald Trump hesitates on the South Lawn of the White House. Before boarding the helicopter to travel ...
Donald Trump is back in Scotland – not as a mere businessman, but as President of the United States. For five days, he will stay at his two golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeen, accompanied by a massive entourage of security ...
It is a moment of global significance, wrapped in a sober diplomatic formulation: China and the European Union on Thursday committed to a joint climate initiative.
Something is happening in Hungary - a lot, in fact. That became clear to us in February when we traveled to Budapest to investigate several topics: a clandestine meeting and concert of ...
It is a video that speaks more through what remains unspoken than through any words. Jeffrey Epstein, being questioned under oath for the first time since his initial conviction ...
"In the early hours of Thursday, July 24, 2025, far from the noise of cameras and the cacophony of political talk shows, a conversation took place in a prison in Tallahassee that is unlikely to close ...
From one moment to the next, the crowing changes in the White House – or rather on Trump’s favorite playground, Truth Social. Just days ago, he was rattling sabers at Elon Musk, ...